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Originally Posted by Mad Max
Ah ok, thx, Andrew.  |
It could go both ways. Andrew has made one proposal - often cited by neo-liberal and conservatives that lower taxation causes inward investment and greater tax receipts (the reverse of capital flight if you put taxes up).
Other countries - like the Nordic countries - have public expenditure closer to 50% of GDP, and routinely come at the top of any worldwide measure of satisfaction within society.
The mantra of cutting back to a shell of a state with private sector companies siphoning off billions a year in profits for public utilities is one we've been sold but not a unique way to structure a happier, wealthier society.
I'm sure these competing arguments would make for a healthy debate in an independent Scotland with the constitutional question behind it.